„Kito“ reprezentacija pirmosios Lietuvos nepriklausomybės teatro žurnalizme

Abstract

The article discusses the notion of the Other as it reveals itself through the content of the Lithuanian press media in the time period between 1926 and 1940. Articles describing the performances of the Lithuanian National Theatre are discussed. The content of these articles shows that Russian artists working in independent Lithuania were considered as a dangerous Other who exploits Lithuania ideologically and economically. Although such artists as Andrius Oleka-Žilinskas, Mikhail Chekhov, Vera Solovjova and others came to work in Kaunas in order to escape the Soviet regime, they were accused in Lithuania as being pro-Bolshevik and pro-Communist. The research shows that Lithuanian theatre journalists only considered Russians as dangerous to the young independent state but not Jewish or Polish artists. One can presume that Lithuania feared the communist regime so much that it tried to avoid any collaboration, including this with artists, which could harm the development of the independent state. In spite that Russian theatre artists enriched Lithuanian National Theatre, they were forced to leave Lithuania and never come back.